GAL­LANT, Kath­leen “Kitty” Rose

The fu­neral for Kitty Gal­lant, of North Rus­tico, was held on Mon­day, Jan­uary 4, 2016, at Stella Maris Ro­man Catholic Church, North Rus­tico. The presider for the mass of Chris­tian burial was Rev­erend Arul­raj San­ti­ago, who also pro­claimed the Gospel and de­liv­ered the homily. The pall was placed on the cas­ket by her sis­ters, Tessie Gal­lant and Mary Eileen Emond. The first read­ing, from Wis­dom, was ad­dressed by Anna Pineau. The se­cond read­ing, from II Corinthi­ans, was ad­dressed by Karen Gal­lant, who also led the prayers of the faith­ful. Bul­letins were passed out by Cathy Gal­lant. The al­tar servers were Peter Gal­lant, Cur­tis Gal­lant, Nor­man Gal­lant and Don­nie Gal­lant. Carl Pineau as­sisted Father San­ti­ago as a eucharis­tic min­is­ter. The mu­sic was pro­vided by the church choir with Sis­ter Phyl­lis Gal­lant, CND, as or­gan­ist and Noreen Down as song leader. The hymns were: En­trance, Be Not Afraid; psalm, Psalm of the Good Shep­herd, with Noreen Down as can­tor; Gospel ac­cla­ma­tion, Celtic Al­leluia, with Noreen Down as can­tor; of­fer­tory, Like a Shep­herd; com­mu­nion, Seek Ye First; post com­mu­nion, Hail Mary, Gen­tle Woman, sung by Janet Doiron; com­men­da­tion, Songs of the An­gels; and re­ces­sional, Lord, You Have Come. Hon­orary pall­bear­ers were ev­ery­one present. Pall­bear­ers were Randy Pineau, Harold Gal­lant, Neil Gal­lant, Karl Dun­field, Bobby Gal­lant and Lee Gal­lant. In­ter­ment took place in Stella Maris Ceme­tery where Father San­ti­ago con­ducted the com­mit­tal ser­vice. Ar­range­ments were en­trusted to Cen­tral Queen’s Fu­neral Home, New Glas­gow.